Rookie stat projections: Green Bay Packers

With the NFL draft over and rookie camps underway, it is a good time to evaluate the draft picks and see what kind of impacts the projected contributors will make.

Let’s take a look at the Packers draft picks and project some stats for the early role players:

Edge Rusher Lukas Van Ness

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Sacks: 7.0

Tackles for loss: 9.0

The trend of taking defensive players in the first round continues for Green Bay with the super-talented Lukas Van Ness selection. Though he may not break the starting lineup in his rookie year (he didn’t start a game in college either), he should be hard to keep off the field in a rotation given his physical skills. Having fresh pass rushers is…